Y-PLAN
Digital Toolkit

Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act Now) is an award-winning, K-12 civic youth engagement strategy developed by UC Berkeley’s Center for Cities + Schools (CC+S). It brings young people into the heart of city planning processes, enabling them to tackle real-world challenges in their communities! Learn more about Y-PLAN’s history, methodology, and theory of change.

Y-Plan Roadmap — Y-PLAN Roadmap: Young people follow a rigorous 5-step methodology, modeled both on professional research methodologies and participatory planning techniques.

This toolkit contains a suite of digital resources to help K-12 educators, civic professionals, and higher-ed partners develop and carry out their own civic learning Y-PLAN projects. For more information, please visit the FAQ page.

*Note: You can access the toolkit resources in two ways:
1) All-in-one Y-PLAN project implementation guides
2) A filterable repository of individual tools for each step of a Y-PLAN project

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All-in-One Guides and FAQs

Y-PLAN Mini

Elementary Field Guide

K-12 Teacher Guide

Civic Partner Guide

Higher-Ed Partner Guide

Individual Tools

Student & Community Outcomes

Is Y-PLAN Right for You? [Civic Clients]

Role of Civic Clients

How to Prepare for a Y-PLAN Project [Civic Clients]

Project Timeline & Pacing

Learn About K-12 Education

K-12 Education Terms

Creating a Youth-Friendly Project Question

[Template] Y-PLAN Project Packet

[Sample 1] Y-PLAN Project Packet

[Sample 2] Y-PLAN Project Packet

[TEMPLATE] Scheduling Key Events

[SAMPLE] Scheduling Key Events

M1.1 – What is Y-PLAN? (Y-PLAN BINGO) [Student Worksheet]

Participating in Classroom Visits [Civic Clients]

[SAMPLE 1] Site Visit Itinerary

[SAMPLE 2] Site Visit Itinerary

Participating in Site Visits [Civic Clients]

Participating in Final Presentations [Civic Clients]

[TEMPLATE] Final Presentation Scorecard

[TEMPLATE] Post-Project Civic Client Survey